CBSO Chorus Concert HistoryCBSO Chorus Concert HistoryThis is a list of concerts, in chronological order, given by the CBSO Chorus from 1981 to 1990.
| YEAR | DATE | COMPOSER | WORK | ORCH/CHORUS | CONDUCTOR | VENUE | SOLOISTS | NOTES - other works in concert |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Jan 8 | Janáček | Glagolitic Mass | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Felicity Palmer, Ameral Gunson, John Mitchinson, Malcolm King | Jane Parker-Smith(organ) Symph.No.60-Haydn |
| 1981 | Jan 8 | Moussorgsky | Night on the Bare Mountain | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Original Choral version | |
| 1981 | Jan | Janáček | Glagolitic Mass | CBSO | Rattle | Great Hall, B'ham University | Recording(EMI) | |
| 1981 | Feb 28 | Various | Music from the Opera | CBSO | Elder | B'ham Town Hall | Suzanne Murphy, Henry Howell (Adrian Martin indisposed) | |
| 1981 | Apl 16 | Brahms | German Requiem | CBSO | Schmid | B'ham Town Hall | Elizabeth Gale, Thomas Allen | Mozart-Masonic Funeral music / Berg-Violin Concerto (Gyorgy Pauk) |
| 1981 | June 27 | Borodin | Polovtsian Dances | CBSO | Cleobury | B'ham Town Hall | Overture, Prince Igor-Borodin | |
| 1981 | June 27 | Orff | Carmina Burana | CBSO | Cleobury | B'ham Town Hall | Hilary Western, Stuart Kale, Neil Howlett, K.E.Chapel Choir | Bernard Dickerson indisposed |
| 1981 | Aug 16 | Gershwin | Porgy and Bess | CBSO | Rattle | Royal Festival Hall | Willard White, Laverne Williams, Francis Egerton, Malcolm King, + | |
| 1981 | Sept 19 | Gershwin | Porgy and Bess | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Willard White, Laverne Williams, Francis Egerton, Malcolm King, + | |
| 1981 | Nov 5 | Various | The Much Loved Music Show | CBSO | Hughes | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1981 | Dec 1 | Britten | War Requiem | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Sheila Armstrong, Ian Caley, Thomas Hemsley, Christ Church Choristers | Peter King - Chorus Master |
| 1981 | Dec 15 | Debussy | Three Nocturnes | CBSO | Seaman | |||
| 1981 | Dec 22 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Cleobury | B'ham Town Hall | Richard Baker | |
| 1981 | Dec 23 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Cleobury | B'ham Town Hall | Richard Baker | |
| 1982 | Mar 6 | Holst | Planets | CBSO | Groves | Kingston upon Hull | Ladies only | |
| 1982 | Mar 9 | Holst | Planets | CBSO | Groves | B'ham Town Hall | Ladies only | |
| 1982 | Mar 9 | Delius | Sea Drift | CBSO | Groves | B'ham Town Hall | Brian Rayner Cook | Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten-Walton |
| 1982 | Apl 29 | Joubert | Gong Tormented Sea | CBSO | Cloebury | B'ham Town Hall | Norman Bailey | First performance |
| 1982 | Apl 29 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO/City Choir | Schmid | B'ham Town Hall | Alison Hargan, Mary King, Keith Lewis, Norman Bailey | Symph.No.40-Mozart |
| 1982 | May 7 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Schmid | Colston Hall Bristol | Alison Hargan, Mary King, Keith Lewis, Norman Bailey | Mozart-Symphony No. 40 |
| 1982 | June 19 | Verdi | Requiem | CBSO/Leeds Ph.Ch | Jarvi | Leeds | Linda Esther Gray, Sandra Browne, Dennis O'Neill, Roderick Kennedy | |
| 1982 | June 20 | Verdi | Requiem | CBSO/Leeds Ph.Ch | Jarvi | B'ham Town Hall | Linda Esther Gray, Sandra Browne, Dennis O'Neill, Roderick Kennedy | |
| 1982 | June 30 | Berlioz | Beatrice and Benedict(excerpts) | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Cynthia Buchan, Ian Caley, Neil Jansen | Roumanian Rhapsody No.1-Enesco/Three Slavonic Dances-Rachmaninov |
| 1982 | Aug 15 | Berlioz | Beatrice and Benedict | CBSO | Rattle | Royal Festival Hall | Maria Ewing, Philip Langridge, Lillian Watson, Alfreda Hodgson, Gordon Sandison, Henry Herford | with Janet Suzman, Michael Pennington, Cherie Lunghi, Edward Petherbridge |
| 1982 | Sept 16 | Mahler | 3rd Symphony | CBSO | Jarvi | B'ham Town Hall | Helen Watts, Coventry & Lichfield Cathedral Boys Choir | Ladies only |
| 1982 | Nov 7 | Handel | Zadok the Priest | CBSO | Jarvi | B'ham Uni | Joy Naylor, Anthony Scales, Peter King (organ) | Singalong |
| 1982 | Nov 7 | Fauré | Requiem | CBSO | Jarvi | B'ham Uni | Joy Naylor, Anthony Scales, Peter King (organ) | Singalong |
| 1982 | Nov 25 | Haydn | The Creation | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Margaret Marshall, Philip Langridge, Stafford Dean, (Elain Evans) | Michael Rippon - Chorus Master |
| 1982 | December | Vaughan Williams | Towards The Unknown Region | CBSO | Norman del Mar | B'ham Town Hall | EMI recording | |
| 1982 | Dec 22 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Parry | B'ham Town Hall | Kay Alexander (Magnus Magnusson withdrew), Peter King - Chorus Master | |
| 1982 | Dec 23 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Parry | B'ham Town Hall | Kay Alexander (Magnus Magnusson withdrew), Peter King - Chorus Master | |
| 1983 | Feb 26 | Britten | War Requiem | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Elizabeth Soderstrom, Robert Tear, Thomas Allen, Boys of Christ Church | Simon Halsey - Chorus Master |
| 1983 | Feb 27, Mar 1/4 | Britten | War Requiem | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Uni | Elizabeth Soderstrom, Robert Tear, Thomas Allen, Boys of Christ Church | Recording(EMI) |
| 1983 | Mar 31 | Mozart | Ave Verum | CBSO | Jarvi | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1983 | Mar 31 | Mozart | Vesperae Solennes de Confessore | CBSO | Jarvi | B'ham Town Hall | Suzanne Murphy, Ameral Gunson, Carlo Tuand, Michael Rippon | |
| 1983 | Mar 31 | Rossini | Sabat Mater | CBSO | Jarvi | B'ham Town Hall | Suzanne Murphy, Ameral Gunson, Carlo Tuand, Michael Rippon | |
| 1983 | Apl 26 | Ravel | Daphnis and Chloë | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Piano Concerto No.4.Beethoven (Emanuel Ax-Piano) | |
| 1983 | June 12 | Britten | War Requiem | CBSO | Rattle | Bury-St-Edmunds | Jo-Anne Pickens, John Shirley-Quirk, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson | Aldeburgh Festival |
| 1983 | July 2 | Vaughan Williams | Sea Symphony | CBSO | Seaman | B'ham Town Hall | Sheila Armstrong, Richard Jackson | Overtures,Cockaigne-Elgar/Suite,Henry V-Walton |
| 1983 | Oct 11 | Mahler | Das Klagende Lied | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Helena Döse, Alfreda Hodgson, Robert Tear, Sean Rea | Symph.No.90-Haydn |
| 1983 | Oct 12/13 | Mahler | Das Klagende Lied | CBSO | Rattle | Great Hall, Birmingham University | Helena Döse, Alfreda Hodgson, Robert Tear, Saen Rae | Recording(EMI) |
| 1983 | Nov 10 | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra / Stadtisher Musikverein Dusseldorf | Groves | Tonhalle - Dusseldorf | semi-chorus, Alfreda Hodgson, Dennis O'Neill, Malcolm Smith | Semi-chorus only Tour |
| 1983 | Nov 11 | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra / Stadtisher Musikverein Dusseldorf | Groves | Tonhalle - Dusseldorf | semi-chorus, Alfreda Hodgson, Dennis O'Neill, Malcolm Smith | Semi-chorus only Tour |
| 1983 | Nov 13 | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra / Stadtisher Musikverein Dusseldorf | Groves | Tonhalle - Dusseldorf | semi-chorus, Alfreda Hodgson, Dennis O'Neill, Malcolm Smith | Semi-chorus only Tour |
| 1983 | Dec 6 | Walton | Belshazzar's Feast | CBSO | Jarvi | B'ham Town Hall | David Wilson-Johnson | Polonaise in C-Liadov/Symph.No.1/Balakriev |
| 1983 | Dec 22 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Daniel Norman | Johnny Morris |
| 1983 | Dec 23 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Daniel Norman | Johnny Morris |
| 1984 | Feb 2 | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Janet Baker, Dennis Bailey, Willard White | Chorus 10th Aniversary Concert |
| 1984 | Feb 19 | Orff | Carmina Burana | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Helen Kucharek, Michael Chance, Mark Peterson | singalong |
| 1984 | Feb 24 | Elgar | Excerpts | CBSO | Rattle | Warwick Arts Centre | Penelope Walker, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Willard White | Central TV documentary for 50th anniversary of Elgar's death (title "Hope and Glory") |
| 1984 | Apl 7 | Gilbert & Sullivan | Gilbert and Sullivan Night | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Nan Christie, Thomas Lawlor | |
| 1984 | Apl 17 | Bruckner | Mass in F minor | CBSO | Weller | B'ham Town Hall | Margaret Marshall, Mary King, Ian Caley, Michael Rippon | Symoh.No.36-Mozart |
| 1984 | July 7 | Various | Opera Evening | CBSO | Schonwandt | B'ham Town Hall | Katheryn Harries | |
| 1984 | July 10 | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | CBSO | Handford | Lichfield Cathedral | Kenneth Wollam, Bernadette Greevy, Paata Burchuladze | |
| 1984 | Aug 26 | Elgar | Hope and Glory | CBSO | Warwick | TV Broadcast (from Feb 24th) | ||
| 1984 | Oct 6 | Elgar | The Music Makers | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Alfreda Hodgson | 150th anniversary of B'ham Town Hall |
| 1984 | Oct 16 | Holst | Planets | CBSO (Ladies) | Handford | B'ham Town Hall | The Rainbow Snake-Erik Norby/Piano Concerto-Grieg (Kun Woo Paik-piano) | |
| 1984 | Oct 30 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Tabachnik | B'ham Town Hall | Teresa Cahill, Linda Strachan, Richard Morton, Philip Joll | Sinfonia Sacra-Panufnik |
| 1984 | Oct 31 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Tabachnik | Warwick | Teresa Cahill, Linda Strachan, Richard Morton, Philip Joll | Sinfonia Sacra-Panufnik |
| 1984 | Dec 11 | Monteverdi | Vespers | Parley of Instruments London Cornett & Sackbutt Ensemble | Preston | B'ham Town Hall | Sarah Leonard, Lynne Dawson, Michael Chance, Andrew King, Neil Mackenzie, Gerald Finley, Charles Potts, Lichfield Boys Choir | |
| 1984 | Dec 19 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Robert Hardy | |
| 1984 | Dec 23 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Robert Hardy | |
| 1985 | Feb 28 | Tippett | A Child of our Time | CBSO | Atherton | B'ham Town Hall | Alison Hargan, Felicity Palmer, Philip Langridge, Stephen Roberts | Sinfonia da Requiem-Britten |
| 1985 | Apl 30 | Ravel | Daphnis & Chloë | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Overture,Le Corsaire-Berlioz/Three Dances for Oboe, Harp and Strings-Martin/Oboe Concerto-Mozart | |
| 1985 | May 2 | Ravel | Daphnis & Chloë | CBSO | Rattle | Royal Festival Hall | Overture,Le Corsaire-Berlioz/Three Dances for Oboe, Harp and Strings-Martin/Oboe Concerto-Mozart | |
| 1985 | May 9 | Mozart | Requiem | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Elise Ross, Mary King, Alexander Oliver, Henry Herford, Christ Cath. Choir | L'Enfant et les Sortileges-Ravel |
| 1985 | May 31 | Grainger | Works of Percy Grainger | CBSO | Rattle | Bedwoth Civic Hall | Elise Ross, Ian Caley, Raimund Hericx | TV Recording |
| 1985 | June 26 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hodgson | |
| 1985 | July 5 | Bach | The Bach Tradition | Halsey | St. Mary's Warwick | Mary Seers, Gaynor Keeble | Gillian Weir(organ), Peter King(piano) | |
| 1985 | July 10 | Various | Music from the Opera | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Jo-Anne Pickens | |
| 1985 | Sept 24 | Rachmaninov | The Bells | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Elise Ross, John Mitchinson, John Shirley-Quirk | Symph.No.3-Beethoven |
| 1985 | Sept 25 | Rachmaninov | The Bells | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Elise Ross, John Mitchinson, John Shirley-Quirk | Symph.No.3-Beethoven |
| 1985 | Oct 5 | Rachmaninov | The Bells | CBSO | Rattle | Barbican | Elise Ross, John Mitchinson, John Shirley-Quirk | Symph.No.3-Beethoven |
| 1985 | Nov 14 | Brahms | German Requiem | CBSO | Weller | B'ham Town Hall | Lynda Russell, Michael Rippon | Symph.No.2-Schubert |
| 1985 | Dec 3 | Fauré | Requiem | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Caroline Ashton, Henry Herford | ||
| 1985 | Dec 3 | Duruflé | Four Motets | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | |||
| 1985 | Dec 19 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Richard Baker | |
| 1985 | Dec 20 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Richard Baker | |
| 1985 | Dec 23 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Richard Baker | |
| 1986 | Feb 18 | Dvorak | Te Deum | CBSO | Kamu | B'ham Town Hall | Tchaikovsky-Violin Concerto/Pierre Amoyal | |
| 1986 | Feb 18 | Stravinsky | Symphony of Psalms | CBSO | Kamu | B'ham Town Hall | Karita Mattila, Ian Caddy | Sibelius-Luonnotar (Symphony of Psalms sung mixed up in quartets) |
| 1986 | Mar 9 | Mozart | Requiem | Louis Halsey | Adrian Boult Hall | Singalong | ||
| 1986 | Apl 15 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Arleen Auger, Felicity Palmer | First performance without scores |
| 1986 | Apl 16 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Arleen Auger, Felicity Palmer | |
| 1986 | Apl 26 | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Janet Baker, John Mitchinson, Neil Howlett | Anthony Rolfe Johnson and Gwynne Howell indisposed. |
| 1986 | Apl 27 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | Watford Town Hall | Arleen Auger, Janet Baker | Recording |
| 1986 | May 1 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | Warwick Arts Centre | Alison Hargan, Felicity Palmer | |
| 1986 | June 25 | Walton | Orb & Sceptre | CBSO | Rattle | National Exhibition Centre | 10th Anniversary of NWC-Royal Gala in presence of the Prince & Princess of Wales | |
| 1986 | June 25 | Walton | Coronation March | CBSO | Rattle | National Exhibition Centre | Royal Gala | |
| 1986 | June 25 | Borodin | Prince Igor | CBSO/ Seattle Symphony Chorale | Rattle | National Exhibition Centre | Royal Gala | |
| 1986 | July 5 | Holst | Planets | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Hanford(conductor) indisposed March from "Things to Come" -Bliss | |
| 1986 | July 5 | Elgar | Bavarian Highlands | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Hanford(conductor) indisposed | |
| 1986 | July 16 | Holst | Holst songs | Halsey | Tewksbury | Part of Cheltenham Festival | ||
| 1986 | July 16 | Elgar | Bavarian Highlands | Halsey | Tewksbury | Part of Cheltenham Festival | ||
| 1986 | July 19 | Holst | Holst songs | Halsey | Adrian Boult Hall | Conifer recording - Richard Markham(piano) | ||
| 1986 | July 20 | Elgar | Bavarian Highlands | Halsey | Adrian Boult Hall | Conifer recording - Richard Markham(piano) | ||
| 1986 | Sept 5 | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | CBSO | Rattle | Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham | Janet Baker, John Mitchinson, John Shirley-Quirk | |
| 1986 | Sept 6 - 8 | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Uni | Janet Baker, John Mitchinson, John Shirley-Quirk | Recording(EMI) |
| 1986 | Sept 20 | Various | Music - Holst/Parry/Elgar/Ireland/Howells | Halsey | B'ham Cath | Richard Markham – piano, Peter King - organ | ||
| 1986 | Nov 1 | Shostakovitch | Babi Yar | CBSO | Kamu | Bradford | Nikita Storojev (Malcolm King-withdrawn) | Serenade in D -Dvorak |
| 1986 | Nov 6 | Shostakovitch | Babi Yar | CBSO | Kamu | B'ham Town Hall | Nikita Storojev (Malcolm King-withdrawn) | Symph.No.5-Schubert Recording(Rad3) |
| 1986 | Nov 12 | Shostakovitch | Babi Yar | CBSO | Kamu | B'ham Town Hall | Nikita Storojev (Malcolm King-withdrawn) | Piano Concerto No.5-Beethoven (Dmitri Alexeev) |
| 1986 | Nov 14 | Shostakovitch | Babi Yar | CBSO | Kamu | Royal Festival Hall | Nikita Storojev (Malcolm King-withdrawn) | Piano Concerto No.5-Beethoven (Dmitri Alexeev) |
| 1986 | Dec 4 | Brahms | Songs for female voices | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Ladies only Violin Concerto-Bruch/Romance No.2-Beethoven/Symph.No.2-Sibelius | |
| 1986 | Dec 22 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Steve Race | |
| 1986 | Dec 23 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Steve Race | |
| 1987 | Jan 9 | Shostakovitch | Babi Yar | CBSO | Kamu | B'ham Uni | Nikita Storojev, City Choir, Warwick Uni.Chorus | Recording (Chandos) |
| 1987 | Jan 20 | Berlioz | Romeo and Juliet | CBSO | Elder | B'ham Town Hall | John Tomlinson, Ethna Robinson, Laurence Dale | |
| 1987 | Jan 21 | Berlioz | Romeo and Juliet | CBSO | Elder | B'ham Town Hall | John Tomlinson, Ethna Robinson, Laurence Dale | |
| 1987 | Feb 24 | Haydn | The Creation | CBSO | Rattle | Cheltenham Town Hall | Margaret Marshall, Philip Langridge, David Thomas, (Elaine Evans) | |
| 1987 | Feb 25 | Haydn | The Creation | CBSO | Rattle | Liverpool Phil. Hall | Margaret Marshall, Philip Langridge, David Thomas, (Elaine Evans) | |
| 1987 | Feb 26 | Haydn | The Creation | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Margaret Marshall, Philip Langridge, David Thomas, (Elaine Evans) | |
| 1987 | Mar 3 | Falla | Three Cornered Hat | CBSO | Eduardo Mata | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1987 | Mar 5 | Falla | Three Cornered Hat | CBSO | Eduardo Mata | Cardiff | ||
| 1987 | Mar 7 | Falla | Three Cornered Hat | CBSO | Eduardo Mata | Leeds | ||
| 1987 | Mar 28 | Fauré | Requiem | Halsey | St Paul's B'ham | Peter King - Organ | Singalong | |
| 1987 | Mar 28 | Handel | Zadok the Priest | Halsey | St Paul's B'ham | |||
| 1987 | April 15/16/17/18 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 | San Francisco Symphony & Chorus | Sawallisch | Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco | Nancy Gustafson, Cynthia Munzer, Warren Ellsworth, Stephen Saxon | Tour - America and Canada |
| 1987 | April 19 | Elgar | Bavarian Highlands | Halsey | Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Sacramento | Marc Shapiro (piano) | Tour - America and Canada | |
| 1987 | April 19 | Delius/ Grainger/ Holst/ Mendelssohn | Various Songs | Halsey | Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Sacramento | Marc Shapiro (piano) | Tour - America and Canada | |
| 1987 | April 21 | Elgar | Bavarian Highlands | Halsey | Westminster Presbyterian Church, Portland | Marc Shapiro (piano) | Tour - America and Canada | |
| 1987 | April 21 | Delius/ Grainger/ Holst/ Mendelssohn | Various Songs | Halsey | Westminster Presbyterian Church, Portland | Marc Shapiro (piano) | Tour - America and Canada | |
| 1987 | April 23 | Elgar | Bavarian Highlands | Halsey | First Presbyterian Church, Seattle | Marc Shapiro (piano) | Tour - America and Canada | |
| 1987 | April 23 | Delius/ Grainger/ Holst/ Mendelssohn | Various Songs | Halsey | First Presbyterian Church, Seattle | Marc Shapiro (piano) | Tour - America and Canada | |
| 1987 | April 25 | Elgar | Bavarian Highlands | Halsey | St. Andrew's Wesley Church, Vancouver | Marc Shapiro (piano) | Tour - America and Canada | |
| 1987 | April 25 | Delius/ Grainger/ Holst/ Mendelssohn | Various Songs | Halsey | St. Andrew's Wesley Church, Vancouver | Marc Shapiro (piano) | Tour - America and Canada | |
| 1987 | June 3 | Delius | Delius pieces | Halsey | Adrian Boult Hall | Recording(BBC) | ||
| 1987 | June 3 | Grainger | Grainger pieces | Halsey | Adrian Boult Hall | Recording(BBC) | ||
| 1987 | June 19 - 21 | Delius | Delius pieces | Halsey | St Paul's B'ham | Charles Daniels, Patrick Wheatley,Colin Lilley – Flute, Peter King – harmonium, Richard Markham & David Nettles - pianos | Rec(Conifer) | |
| 1987 | June 19 - 21 | Grainger | Grainger pieces | Halsey | St Paul's B'ham | Charles Daniels, Patrick Wheatley,Colin Lilley – Flute, Peter King – harmonium, Richard Markham & David Nettles - pianos | Rec(Conifer) | |
| 1987 | June 27 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | Bury St.Edmunds | Harolyn Blackwell, Marietta Simpson, Damon Evans, Bruce Hubbard | |
| 1987 | July 18 | Handel | Four Coronation Anthems | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Bach-Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4&5 | |
| 1987 | July 18 | Bach | Coronation Anthemn | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1987 | Oct 13 | Adams | Harmonium | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Mozart-Symph. No. 40 | |
| 1987 | Oct 14 | Adams | Harmonium | CBSO | Rattle | Warwick Arts Centre | Srtavinsky-The Firebird | |
| 1987 | Oct | Elgar | Bavarian Highlands | BBC MLO | Sutherland | BBC Pebble Mill Studio 1 | Studio recording "The Charlie Chester Show" | |
| 1987 | Oct | Handel | Zadok the Priest | BBC MLO | Sutherland | BBC Pebble Mill Studio 1 | Studio recording "The Charlie Chester Show" | |
| 1987 | Oct | Berlioz | The Shepherds' Farewell | BBC MLO | Sutherland | BBC Pebble Mill Studio 1 | Studio recording "The Charlie Chester Show" | |
| 1987 | Oct | King-Smith | The Children's Carol | BBC MLO | Sutherland | BBC Pebble Mill Studio 1 | Studio recording "The Charlie Chester Show" | |
| 1987 | Dec 3 | Brahms | Alto Rhapsody | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Janet Baker | |
| 1987 | Dec 22 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Humph Lyttleton | |
| 1987 | Dec 23 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Humph Lyttleton | |
| 1988 | Jan 13 | Britten | Spring Symphony | CBSO | Atherton | B'ham Town Hall | Margaret Field, Alfreda Hodgson, Martyn Hill | Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony |
| 1988 | Jan 14 | Britten | Spring Symphony | CBSO | Atherton | B'ham Town Hall | Margaret Field, Alfreda Hodgson, Martyn Hill | Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony |
| 1988 | Feb 16 | Debussy | Nocturnes | CBSO | Kamu | B'ham Town Hall | Ladies only. Mussorgsky - Night on the Bare Mountain. Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade. | |
| 1988 | Feb 17 | Debussy | Nocturnes | CBSO | Kamu | B'ham Town Hall | Ladies only. Mussorgsky - Night on the Bare Mountain. Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade. | |
| 1988 | Mar 29 | Bach | St John Passion | London Baroque | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | John Graham Hall, Willard White, Gerald Finley, Gillian Fisher, Catherine Denley, Christopher Gillett, Stephen Roberts | |
| 1988 | May 10 | Verdi | Four Sacred Pieces | CBSO | Lazarev | B'ham Town Hall | Mary King | |
| 1988 | May 10 | Prokofiev | Alexander Nevsky | CBSO | Lazarev | B'ham Town Hall | Mary King | |
| 1988 | June 10 | Various | Classic Hymns | Halsey | St Paul's B'ham | Recording (Conifer) | ||
| 1988 | June 30 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Weller | Derngate Centre-Nothampton | Lynda Russell, Patricia Payne, John Mitchinson, John Shirley-Quirk | Beethoven-Symph. No. 1 |
| 1988 | July 1 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Weller | Derby Assembly Rooms | Lynda Russell, Patricia Payne, John Mitchinson, John Shirley-Quirk | Beethoven-Symph. No. 1 |
| 1988 | July 2 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Weller | B'ham Town Hall | Lynda Russell, Patricia Payne, John Mitchinson, John Shirley-Quirk | Beethoven-Symph. No. 1 |
| 1988 | Aug 28 | Britten | Spring Symphony | BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, Southend Boys' Choir | Atherton | Royal Albert Hall | Joan Rodgers, Alfreda Hodgson, Philip Langridge | Elgar - Enigma Variations, Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music |
| 1988 | Sept 3 - 4 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Weller | B'ham Town Hall | Josephine Barstow, Linda Finnie, David Rendall, John Tomlinson | Recording (Chandos) |
| 1988 | Oct 5 | Orff | Carmina Burana | CBSO CBYC, Children of Birmingham Cathedral, King Edwards School, | Kamu | B'ham Town Hall | Linda Kitchen, Peter Hall, John Rawnsley | |
| 1988 | Oct 6 | Orff | Carmina Burana | CBSO CBYC, Children of Birmingham Cathedral, King Edwards School, | Kamu | B'ham Town Hall | Linda Kitchen, Peter Hall, John Rawnsley | |
| 1988 | Oct 19 | Fauré | Requiem | Halsey | St Paul's B'ham | Jacquelyn Parker, Darren Moore, Peter King(organ) | Gordon Clinton Memorial Concert | |
| 1988 | Dec 6 | Adams | Harmonium | CBSO | Llewellyn | B'ham Town Hall | Mendelssohn-Fingal's Cave/ Sibelius-Valse Triste/ Beethiven-Piano Concerto No. 3, Bernard Roberts (piano) | |
| 1988 | Dec 19 | Fauré | Requiem | Halsey | B'ham Cath | for Armenien Earthquake victims | ||
| 1988 | Dec 22 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Edward Snow | Brian Kay |
| 1988 | Dec 23 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Edward Snow | Brian Kay |
| 1989 | Jan 10 | Janáček | Glagolitic Mass | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Helen Field, Linda Hurst, John Mitchinson, Neil Howlett, Thomas Trotter | Piano Quartet-Brahms (orch. Schoenberg) |
| 1989 | Jan 11 | Janáček | Glagolitic Mass | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Helen Field, Linda Hurst, John Mitchinson, Neil Howlett, Thomas Trotter | |
| 1989 | Jan 18 | Janáček | Glagolitic Mass | CBSO | Rattle | Royal Festival Hall | Helen Field, Linda Hurst, John Mitchinson, Neil Howlett, Thomas Trotter | |
| 1989 | Mar 9 | Mozart | Marriage of Figaro | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Arleen Auger, Elise Ross, Thomas Hampson | Semi-chorus |
| 1989 | Mar 10 | Mozart | Marriage of Figaro | CBSO | Rattle | Warwick | Arleen Auger, Elise Ross, Thomas Hampson | Semi-chorus |
| 1989 | Mar 17 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra | Neuhold | St. Michaels - Ghent | Mitsuko Shirai, Florence Quivar | Belgian Tour |
| 1989 | Mar 18 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra | Neuhold | Queen Elizabeth Hall - Antwerp | Mitsuko Shirai, Florence Quivar | Belgian Tour |
| 1989 | Mar 19 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra | Neuhold | Palais des Beaux Arts - Brussels | Mitsuko Shirai, Florence Quivar | Belgian Tour |
| 1989 | Apl 11 | Bach | Magnificat | CBSO | Kraemer | Cheltenham Town Hall | Patrizia Kwella, Margaret Cable, Howard Milner, Michael George | Symph.No.44-Haydn/Concerto in D-Stravinsky/Seigfried Idyll-Wagner |
| 1989 | Apl 12 | Bach | Magnificat | CBSO | Kraemer | B'ham Town Hall | Patrizia Kwella, Margaret Cable, Howard Milner, Michael George | Symph.No.44-Haydn/Concerto in D-Stravinsky/Seigfried Idyll-Wagner |
| 1989 | Apl 13 | Bach | Magnificat | CBSO | Kraemer | B'ham Town Hall | Patrizia Kwella, Margaret Cable, Howard Milner, Michael George | Symph.No.44-Haydn/Concerto in D-Stravinsky/Seigfried Idyll-Wagner |
| 1989 | June 17 | Haydn | The Creation | CBSO | Rattle | The Maltings, Snape | Margaret Marshall, Benjamin Luxon, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Margaret Wilson | |
| 1989 | July 8 | Mendelssohn | Elijah | CBSO | de Burgos | B'ham Town Hall | Margaret Marshall, Alfreda Hodgson, Ian Caley, Benjamin Luxon | TV Broadcast |
| 1989 | Sept 13 | Bach | St Matthew Passion | CBSO | Kraemer | B'ham Town Hall | Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Allen, Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Wynford Evans, Michael George | |
| 1989 | Sept 19 | Bartok | Miraculous Mandarin | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Semi-chorus | |
| 1989 | Oct 10 | Mozart | Mass | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Lillian Watson, Maria Ewing, Maldwyn Davies, Henry Herford | Six pieces -Webern/Sheherazade-Ravel |
| 1989 | Oct 11 | Mozart | Mass | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Lillian Watson, Maria Ewing, Maldwyn Davies, Henry Herford | Six pieces -Webern/Sheherazade-Ravel |
| 1989 | Oct 28 | Liszt | A Faust Symphony | Rattle | Barbican | Men only | ||
| 1989 | Oct 29 | Bartok | Miraculous Mandarin | CBSO | Rattle | Barbican | Semi-chorus | |
| 1989 | Nov 28 | Rossini | Petite Messe Solennelle | Halsey | Cheltenham | Helen Field, Anne-Marie Owens, Edmund Barham, John Tomlinson | Richard Markham & David Nettle (pianos), Peter King (Harmonium) | |
| 1989 | Dec 2/3 | Rossini | Petite Messe Solennelle | Halsey | B'ham Uni | Helen Fields, Anne-Marie Owens, Edmund Barham, John Tomlinson | Recording(Conifer) Richard Markham & David Nettle (pianos), Peter King (Harmonium) | |
| 1989 | Dec 7 | Rossini | Petite Messe Solennelle | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Helen Field, Anne-Marie Owens, Edmund Barham, John Tomlinson | Richard Markham & David Nettle (pianos), Peter King (Harmonium) |
| 1989 | Dec 12 | Ravel | Daphnis & Chloë | CBSO | Rattle | Barbican | ||
| 1989 | Dec 22 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Brian Kay | |
| 1989 | Dec 23 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Brian Kay | |
| 1990 | Jan 30 | Mahler | 3rd Symphony | CBSO | Salonen | B'ham Town Hall | Bernadette Greavy, B'ham Cath.Choir, CBYC | |
| 1990 | Feb 28 | Bruckner | Mass in E Minor | CBSO wind | Halsey | Clifton Campville | Anne-Marie Owens, Peter King (organ) | |
| 1990 | Feb 28 | Bruckner | Three Motets | CBSO wind | Halsey | Clifton Campville | Peter King (organ) | |
| 1990 | Mar 2 | Bruckner | Mass in E Minor | CBSO wind | Halsey | B'ham Uni | Anne-Marie Owens | Rec (Conifer) |
| 1990 | Mar 22 | Haydn | The Creation | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Arleen Auger, Philip Langridge, David Thomas, Susan Lees | |
| 1990 | Mar 23 | Haydn | The Creation | CBSO | Rattle | Barbican | Arleen Auger, Philip Langridge, David Thomas, Susan Lees | |
| 1990 | Mar 24/25/26 | Haydn | The Creation | CBSO | Rattle | Warwick Uni | Arleen Auger, Philip Langridge, David Thomas, Susan Lees | Recording (EMI) |
| 1990 | May 8 | Schnittke | 4th Symphony | CBSO | Knussen | B'ham Town Hall | Mary King, Hugh Hetherington, Stephen Richardson | Night on the Bare Mountain/Khovanshchina/Coronation Boris Godunov-Mussorgsky |
| 1990 | July 4 | Britten | Building of the House | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Passacaglia from Peter Grimes - Britten | |
| 1990 | July 4 | Britten | Praise We Great Men | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Passacaglia from Peter Grimes - Britten | |
| 1990 | July 4 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Alison Hargan, Mary King, Robert Tear, Willard White | Passacaglia from Peter Grimes - Britten |
| 1990 | July 7 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 | CBSO | Rattle | Palace of Congress - Madrid | Alison Hargan, Mary King, Robert Tear, Willard White | Spanish Tour |
| 1990 | July 8 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 | CBSO | Rattle | Palace of Carlos V - Granada | Alison Hargan, Mary King, Robert Tear, Willard White | Spanish Tour |
| 1990 | July 12 | Britten | Building of the House | CBSO | Richard Armstrong | Lichfield Cathedral | Alison Hargan, Mary King, Robert Tear, Willard White | Lichfield Festival.Simon Rattle indisposed (slipped disc) |
| 1990 | July 12 | Britten | Ballad of Heroes | CBSO | Richard Armstrong | Lichfield Cathedral | Lichfield Festival.Simon Rattle indisposed (slipped disc) | |
| 1990 | July 12 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 | CBSO | Richard Armstrong | Lichfield Cathedral | Alison Hargan, Mary King, Robert Tear, Willard White | Lichfield Festival.Simon Rattle indisposed (slipped disc) |
| 1990 | July 15 | Britten | Ballad of Heroes | CBSO | Rattle | Warwick Uni | Recording (EMI) | |
| 1990 | July 15 | Britten | Building of the House | CBSO | Rattle | Warwick Uni | Alison Hargan, Mary King, Robert Tear, Willard White | Recording (EMI) |
| 1990 | July 15 | Britten | Praise We Great Men | CBSO | Rattle | Warwick Uni | Recording (EMI) | |
| 1990 | July 28 | Adams | Harmonium | CBSO | Rattle | Royal Albert Hall | Simon Halsey Singers | Symph.No.4-Brahms/Rhapsody for clarinet and orch.-Debussy |
| 1990 | Sept 15 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | Salisbury Cathedral | Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hodgson, Robert Tear, Willard White | Symph.No.90-Haydn |
| 1990 | Sept 16 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | Royal Festival Hall | Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hodgson, Robert Tear, Willard White | Brave New Worlds Festival - Varese - Deserts |
| 1990 | Oct 23 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hodgson, Robert Tear, Willard White | |
| 1990 | Oct 24 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hodgson, Robert Tear, Willard White | Haydn-Symph. No. 90 |
| 1990 | Oct 25 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hodgson, Robert Tear, Willard White | Haydn-Symph. No. 90 |
| 1990 | Nov 8 | Franck | Psyché | CBSO | Bamert | B'ham Town Hall | Overture, Cupid and Psyche-Hindermith/Violin Concerto (Joshua Bell)-Sibelius | |
| 1990 | Nov 13 | Copland | In The Beginning | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Catherine Denley | Copland 90 B'dy. Fanfare for the Common Man/Appalachian Spring-Copland |
| 1990 | Nov 27 | Schnittke | 4th Symphony | CBSO | Knussen | B'ham Town Hall | Kym Amps, Mary King, Hugh Hetherington, Adrian Peacock | Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune-Debussy/Night Dances-Turnage/Symph.No.4-Schnittke |
| 1990 | Dec 8 | CBSO | Rattle | Warwick Arts Centre | Concert cancelled due to 12" - 14" snowfall in preceeding 12 hours. | |||
| 1990 | Dec 11 | Ravel | Daphnis & Chloë | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Amanda Roocroft, Elise Ross, Mark Ainsley, Henry Herford | |
| 1990 | Dec 11 | Mozart | King Thamos | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Amanda Roocroft, Elise Ross, Mark Ainsley, Henry Herford | |
| 1990 | Dec 12 | Ravel | Daphnis & Chloë | CBSO | Rattle | Barbican | Amanda Roocroft, Elise Ross, Mark Ainsley, Henry Herford | |
| 1990 | Dec 12 | Mozart | King Thamos | CBSO | Rattle | Barbican | Amanda Roocroft, Elise Ross, Mark Ainsley, Henry Herford | |
| 1990 | Dec 16/17 | Ravel | Daphnis & Chloë | CBSO | Rattle | Warwick | Recording (EMI) | |
| 1990 | Dec 19 | Ravel | Daphnis & Chloë | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Symph.No.60-Haydn | |
| 1990 | Dec 20 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Alan Titchmarsh | |
| 1990 | Dec 23 | Christmas | Christmas Concert (afternoon & evening) | CBSO | Halsey | B'ham Town Hall | Alan Titchmarsh |